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April 15, 2020

Ohio Delays Executions Amid Shortage of Death Penalty Drugs
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Ohio Governor Mike De Wine has delayed three upcoming executions, saying
the state has struggled for years to obtain a new combination of lethal
injection drugs. This is the eighth time De Wine has delayed an
execution since he took office in 2019. Last year, a federal judge ruled
the lethal injection drugs that have been used in Ohio are
unconstitutional and produced a painful drowning sensation similar to
waterboarding. That ruling was later overturned by an appeals court. 


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